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Fauvism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Fauvism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms; influenced the expressionists

2

An artistic movement of the last part of the 19th century which emphasized spontaneity and the use of extremely bright colors.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
artistic movement
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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